James Hook will start at full-back for Wales in Friday night’s RBS 6 Nations opener against England at the Millennium Stadium. [...]
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Hook moves to fullback
England Debut for Wood
Northampton flanker Tom Wood will make his England debut in Friday night’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Wales at the Millennium Stadium. [...]
How did the Springboks really fare?
The Boks walked away from the year end test matches with 3 wins and a loss.
But how did they really fare taking a few factors into account. [...]
EOYT: Wales v New Zealand
While New Zealand have been setting the rugby world alight with a range of superb skills in their exciting high-tempo ball-in-hand pattern of play, Wales have not won a match since March. [...]
Honours even as Fiji grab draw
Wales came close to suffering another shock defeat at the hands of Fiji on Friday night with the hosts eventually escaping with a 16-16 draw after a dismal display at the Millennium Stadium. [...]
Wales v Boks: The Stats
The Boks stumbled to win over the Welsh on Saturday thanks largely to some awesome individual performances on attack, but mostly on defence. [...]
Boks break Welsh hearts – again!
Peter de Vililers and his much-maligned Springbok team showed true grit and unshakable resolve on defence in the second half to come from behind and beat a game Welsh team by 29 points to 25 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff earlier today. With their seond win in a row, the Boks remain on course to capture a Grand Slam for the first time in over 50 years. [...]
EOYT: Wales v The Springboks
South Africa face Wales in the second round of the elusive Grand Slam in Wales this afternoon and we will all be hoping to see a similar performance we saw last weekend. [...]
Wales head North for South Africa
By WRU
Wales have made four changes, one positional, to their starting line-up for the visit of the world champions South African, to the Millennium Stadium on Saturday following defeat to Australia in the Invesco Perpetual Series opener last weekend. [...]
Springbok stats tell a story
I have finally managed to found some statistics from the Springboks v Ireland match over the weekend, this after our regular site has decided not to cover the end of year tours. Thanx to ESPNScrum.com for their stats. [...]
Fact File: South Africa v Wales
Saturday’s Test match will be the 25th between Wales and South Africa. The Springboks were unbeaten in 12 consecutive tests in this fixture between 1906 and 1998 with 11 wins and one draw (in 1970). The Springbok’s only loss against Wales came in 1999 when Gary Teichmann’s team lost 29-19 in the first Test match at the new Millennium Stadium. South Africa have won 11 consecutive Tests against Wales since 1999. [...]
One change to Bok team
Frans Steyn has been named at outside centre in the only change to the Springbok run-on fifteen to face Wales on Saturday. [...]
Poor Tri-Nations good motivation for the Boks
South Africa number eight Pierre Spies says the desire to atone for a poor Tri Nations campaign is a major motivation for the Springboks as they prepare for the second leg of their Grand Slam tour against Wales on Saturday. [...]
EOYT: Wales (16) v Australia (25) F/T
The Wallabies head to the Millennium stadium in Wales brimming with confidence after their dramatic triumph over the All Blacks in Hong Kong last weekend, while the hosts are looking to experiment with their line-up. [...]
Boks squad for EOYT named
The selectors on Saturday named six uncapped players in a Springbok squad of 30 for their five-match tour of Britain and Ireland next month. [...]
